1891 in Japan explained

Events from the year 1891 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 24 (明治24年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

• Emperor

Emperor Meiji^[1]

• Prime Minister

Yamagata Aritomo (until May 6), Matsukata Masayoshi (starting May 6)

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture

Takatoshi Iwamura

• Akita Prefecture: Baron Akira Suzuki then Shinichi Hirose then Yasuhiko Hirayama
• Aomori Prefecture: Masa Sawa
• Ehime Prefecture: Katsumata Minoru
• Fukui Prefecture: Toshitsuna Adashi then Nobuaki Makino then Kunizo Arakawa
• Fukuoka Prefecture: Yasujo
• Fukushima Prefecture: Nobumichi Yamada then Kiyoshi Watanabe
• Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
• Gunma Prefecture: Sato Atasesan then Motootoko Nakamura
• Hiroshima Prefecture

Nabeshima Miki

• Ibaraki Prefecture

Sadanori Yasuda then Shoichiro Ishii

• Iwate Prefecture: Shoichiro Ishii then Ichizo Hattori
• Kagawa Prefecture: Yawara Shibahara then Masao Tanimori
• Kochi Prefecture: Baron Hiroi Hirotake
• Kumamoto Prefecture

Takaaki Tomioka then Matsudaira Masanao

• Kyoto Prefecture

Baron Kokudo Kitagaki

• Mie Prefecture: Shangyi Narukawa
• Miyagi Prefecture

Matsudaira Masanao then Mamoru Funakoshi

• Miyazaki Prefecture

Takayoshi Kyoganu then Yakichi Nagamine

• Nagano Prefecture

Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu then Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu

• Niigata Prefecture

Senda Sada Akatsuki then Baron Seung Zhi Kuwata

• Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura then Baron Shirane Senitsu
• Okinawa Prefecture

Kanji Maruoka

• Osaka Prefecture

Sutezo Nishimura then Nobumichi Yamada

• Saga Prefecture

Sukeo Kabayama

• Saitama Prefecture

Eitaro Komatsubara then Kanichi Kubota

• Shiname Prefecture: Sada Kotedayasu then Goro Shinozaki
• Tochigi Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi
• Tokyo

Tomita Tetsunosuke

• Toyama Prefecture: Fujishima Masaki then Moriyama Shigeru
• Yamagata Prefecture: Moriyama Shigeru

Events

• Mino–Owari earthquake

Births

• May 18 - Sadamichi Kajioka, admiral (d. 1944)
• June 2 - Takijirō Ōnishi, admiral known as the father of the kamikaze (d. 1945)
• July 7 - Tadamichi Kuribayashi, general and haiku poet (d. 1945)
• August 25 - Yoshihide Hayashi, general (d. 1978)
• September 27 - Sōsaku Suzuki, general (d. 1978)
• October 12 - Fumimaro Konoe, prime minister during World War II (died 1945)
• October 15 - Tadashige Daigo, vice-admiral (d. 1947))
• October 17 - Yasuyo Yamasaki, general (d. 1945)
• December 6 - Masatomi Kimura, admiral (d. 1960}

Deaths

• February 18  - Sanjō Sanetomi (b. 1837)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meiji emperor of Japan . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.